Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island

Legal name: Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
112665181
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Phone
718-449-5000
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$87,823,979
Expenses
$87,785,192
Assets
$34,937,495
Liabilities
$25,032,848

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • IRWIN JANKOWICZ (PRESIDENT)
  • NACHAMAH JACOBOVITZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RABBI MOSHE WIENER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • RABBI MOSHE WIENER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $400,929 total reported compensation
  • ESTHER GOTTLIEB (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $256,491 total reported compensation
  • YEHUDIS FALIK (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $225,701 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI) is a community-based organization with a citywide impact, providing a wide spectrum of services to benefit all segments of the population—including supportive services for older adults, career services, educational support, community revitalization, and mental health services—with programs available regardless of race or religion.

What it reported doing in 2024

Educational support systems: Many children in New York City schools find it difficult to focus on their studies. Unfortunately, this results in poor attendance, impaired scholastic achievement, lack of motivation and low self-esteem. Children of immigrant families face compounded challenges because of various socio-economic issues. Their parents often have poor job skills, lack living wage employment, have limited English proficiency, and have difficulty adjusting to the American culture. Because of these struggles, immigrant parents are often unable to provide their children with the emotional, physical, and educational support they need. In the last three and half decades, JCCGCI has sought to address these issues through its educational support systems framework, founded in 1991. Currently, the framework includes four programs. 1) Our Extended School Day/School Violence Prevention Programs (serving 749 students with after-school programming at 2 public schools in Coney Island). 2) Our Comprehensive Afterschool System of NYC (Compass-NYC) program (serving 200 youth in grades 6-8 at two sites in Crown Heights, Brooklyn). 3) Our Horizons Academy Workforce Development Program (providing college and career preparation services to 176 high school students and alumni at Abraham Lincoln high school). 4) Our Expanded Schools After-School Program (providing 105 students at PS 288 in Brooklyn with homework and tutoring assistance).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.2%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $137.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.72; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 92.2% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 15 filed program accomplishments · $80.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $401K · 24 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $26.5M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.